LDAP Job Trends in England

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring LDAP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 611 584 740
Rank change year-on-year -27 +156 -32
Permanent jobs citing LDAP 83 53 102
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.10% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.98% 0.68% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 38 32 75
10th Percentile £46,000 £42,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,125 £46,844 £44,803
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.87% -0.80% -10.71%
75th Percentile £68,750 £80,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,375 £90,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £67,500 £62,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year +8.87% -2.75% -15.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

LDAP falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,482 7,755 17,791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.28% 19.65% 19.36%
Number of salaries quoted 6,429 5,262 14,471
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,350 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% +10.58% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,230 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.86% +10.38% -11.11%

LDAP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing LDAP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

LDAP job vacancy trend in England

LDAP
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing LDAP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing LDAP

LDAP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing LDAP in England over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for LDAP in England

LDAP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LDAP within the England region over the 6 months to 8 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +9 40 £85,000 +16.04% 7
South East -8 22 £67,500 - 19
Midlands -27 9 £38,750 - 1
East of England -37 7 £50,000 -19.35% 4
West Midlands -29 6 £37,500 - 1
South West -53 3 - - 4
East Midlands - 3 £40,000 -
Yorkshire -43 1 - - 3
North of England -53 1 - - 6
LDAP
UK

LDAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.61%) IIS
2 1 (1.20%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.20%) Confluence
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 47 (56.63%) Azure
2 43 (51.81%) Entra ID
3 25 (30.12%) Google Workspace
4 7 (8.43%) SaaS
5 6 (7.23%) AWS
6 5 (6.02%) PaaS
7 4 (4.82%) GCP
8 3 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (2.41%) Nutanix
10 1 (1.20%) IaaS
10 1 (1.20%) Mimecast
10 1 (1.20%) OneDrive
10 1 (1.20%) OpenShift
10 1 (1.20%) Power Platform
10 1 (1.20%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 37 (44.58%) Firewall
2 24 (28.92%) Broadband
3 19 (22.89%) DNS
4 18 (21.69%) Kerberos
5 14 (16.87%) TCP/IP
6 12 (14.46%) WAN
7 11 (13.25%) FTP
7 11 (13.25%) HTTP
7 11 (13.25%) LAN
7 11 (13.25%) SMTP
7 11 (13.25%) VPN
8 10 (12.05%) Network Security
9 5 (6.02%) SSL
10 4 (4.82%) Internet
11 2 (2.41%) DHCP
12 1 (1.20%) BGP
12 1 (1.20%) EIGRP
12 1 (1.20%) OSPF
12 1 (1.20%) VoIP
12 1 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.82%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.41%) MongoDB
2 2 (2.41%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.20%) Apache Hive
3 1 (1.20%) Big Data
3 1 (1.20%) Hadoop
3 1 (1.20%) Power BI
3 1 (1.20%) Sybase ASE
3 1 (1.20%) Tableau
3 1 (1.20%) Trino
Development Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Git
1 1 (1.20%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.20%) JIRA
1 1 (1.20%) TeamCity
General
1 24 (28.92%) Organisational Skills
2 12 (14.46%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (13.25%) Social Skills
4 8 (9.64%) Aerospace
5 6 (7.23%) Finance
6 5 (6.02%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.41%) Banking
9 1 (1.20%) Games
9 1 (1.20%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (42.17%) Architect
2 14 (16.87%) Applications Architect
2 14 (16.87%) Security Architect
2 14 (16.87%) Senior
3 11 (13.25%) Developer
4 10 (12.05%) Analyst
4 10 (12.05%) SOC Analyst
5 8 (9.64%) IAM Developer
5 8 (9.64%) Systems Engineer
6 7 (8.43%) Identity Management Architect
7 4 (4.82%) Infrastructure Architect
7 4 (4.82%) Senior Architect
7 4 (4.82%) Senior Developer
7 4 (4.82%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 4 (4.82%) Systems Developer
7 4 (4.82%) Technical Engineer
8 3 (3.61%) ServiceNow Developer
8 3 (3.61%) Support Engineer
8 3 (3.61%) Technical Support
8 3 (3.61%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (51.81%) SAML
2 40 (48.19%) OAuth
3 39 (46.99%) OpenID
4 37 (44.58%) REST
5 24 (28.92%) GraphQL
5 24 (28.92%) SOAP
6 16 (19.28%) Regular Expression
7 12 (14.46%) XMPP
8 6 (7.23%) Web Services
9 4 (4.82%) JDBC
9 4 (4.82%) JSON
9 4 (4.82%) JSON Schema
9 4 (4.82%) RESTful
9 4 (4.82%) XML
10 2 (2.41%) COM
10 2 (2.41%) DCOM
10 2 (2.41%) Middleware
11 1 (1.20%) J2EE
11 1 (1.20%) OAuth2
11 1 (1.20%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 26 (31.33%) Cyber Threat
2 24 (28.92%) Cyberattack
3 9 (10.84%) Security Operations Centre
3 9 (10.84%) Security Posture
4 8 (9.64%) Client/Server
5 7 (8.43%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (4.82%) PKI
6 4 (4.82%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (3.61%) CMDB
8 2 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (2.41%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (2.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (2.41%) MISP
8 2 (2.41%) Mobile App
8 2 (2.41%) Smartcard
9 1 (1.20%) Clustering
9 1 (1.20%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (1.20%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 21 (25.30%) Linux
2 20 (24.10%) Windows
2 20 (24.10%) Windows Server
3 17 (20.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (2.41%) Unix
5 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (59.04%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (45.78%) Identity Access Management
3 37 (44.58%) Roadmaps
4 28 (33.73%) SIEM
5 26 (31.33%) Mentoring
5 26 (31.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 24 (28.92%) Change Control
6 24 (28.92%) Programme Delivery
6 24 (28.92%) Regulatory Compliance
7 21 (25.30%) Platform Engineering
8 17 (20.48%) Application Security
8 17 (20.48%) Zero Trust
9 15 (18.07%) Infrastructure Automation
9 15 (18.07%) Privileged Access Management
9 15 (18.07%) Server Management
9 15 (18.07%) Threat Detection
10 14 (16.87%) Architectural Design
10 14 (16.87%) RBAC
11 13 (15.66%) Validation
12 12 (14.46%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (59.04%) PowerShell
2 33 (39.76%) Bash
3 28 (33.73%) SQL
4 24 (28.92%) T-SQL
5 13 (15.66%) Python
6 8 (9.64%) C++
6 8 (9.64%) Perl
7 4 (4.82%) Shell Script
8 3 (3.61%) Java
9 1 (1.20%) C#
9 1 (1.20%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 30 (36.14%) Security Cleared
2 19 (22.89%) DV Cleared
3 15 (18.07%) CISSP
4 14 (16.87%) Degree
5 8 (9.64%) CEH
5 8 (9.64%) CompTIA Security+
5 8 (9.64%) CREST Certified
6 7 (8.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (8.43%) SC Cleared
7 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.20%) CCSP
8 1 (1.20%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.20%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (32.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (31.33%) NIST
3 24 (28.92%) NCSC
4 2 (2.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.20%) GDPR
5 1 (1.20%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 65 (78.31%) Active Directory
2 17 (20.48%) vSphere
3 3 (3.61%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.20%) Docker
5 1 (1.20%) OpenAM
5 1 (1.20%) OpenDJ
5 1 (1.20%) OpenIDM
5 1 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (22.89%) Single Sign-On
2 10 (12.05%) QRadar
3 2 (2.41%) Ansible
3 2 (2.41%) CASB
3 2 (2.41%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.20%) Netcool
4 1 (1.20%) Red Hat Satellite
4 1 (1.20%) SCCM
4 1 (1.20%) Terraform
4 1 (1.20%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.20%) VxRail
Vendors
1 42 (50.60%) Microsoft
2 19 (22.89%) VMware
3 13 (15.66%) Red Hat
3 13 (15.66%) Splunk
4 12 (14.46%) McAfee
5 7 (8.43%) ServiceNow
6 3 (3.61%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.41%) ArcSight
7 2 (2.41%) CyberArk
7 2 (2.41%) Oracle
8 1 (1.20%) ForgeRock
8 1 (1.20%) Google
8 1 (1.20%) Ivanti
8 1 (1.20%) Meraki
8 1 (1.20%) Netskope
8 1 (1.20%) Okta
8 1 (1.20%) Ping Identity
8 1 (1.20%) Rapid7
8 1 (1.20%) Tenable
8 1 (1.20%) Veracode